Black Leaders' Share 12 Month Action Plan

Black Leaders' Share 12 Month Action Plan

Judge Mathis

“Well, I am going to try to accelerate the work that I am doing. In Detroit, I...

“Well, I am going to try to accelerate the work that I am doing. In Detroit, I have a community center where we try to place ex-felons in positions of employment and training programs. This year, because of the challenge we found getting them jobs, we started purchasing franchises for them. We purchased five janitorial franchises, and each person has hired three people. We attend to double that each year, that should take us to 45 employees and ex-offenders working for themselves. Also, we have an expungement program in the last four years I have been able to obtain on average 200 expungements per year for ex-offenders. So these are some of the things that I am focusing on.”